tag

The definition of a tag is a small piece of fabric, paper or other material to give information about something.

An example of a tag is the brand name label on the inside of a shirt.

An example of a tag is a price marking on a mug at a garage sale.

An example of a tag is a "Hello, my name is..." sticker given out at a meeting.

verb

To tag is to attach someone’s name to a photograph on the social networking site, Facebook.

An example of to tag is to click on a photo and select your name to “tag” yourself in a photo on Facebook.

Tag is defined as to spray paint a signature mark or to create graffiti.

An example of to tag is for someone to paint their name on a wall in a distinctive way.

Tag is to touch someone in a game.

An example of to tag is to stop a play by touching someone in a game of baseball.

tag

Archaic a hanging end or rag, as on a torn skirt

any small part or piece hanging from or loosely attached to the main piece

a hard-tipped end, as of metal, on a cord or lace, to give stiffness for drawing through holes; aglet

a piece of bright material tied next to the fly on a fishhook

a card, ticket, plastic marker, etc. tied or attached to something as a label or worn as identification, etc.: a price tag, a name tag

a word or phrase that describes a person or thing; epithet

an ornamental, instructive, or strikingly effective ending for a speech, story, etc.

a short, familiar quotation, often, specif., one used as such an ending

tag line

the last part of any proceeding

a loop on a garment for hanging it up, or on a boot for pulling it on

a flourish or decorative stroke in writing

a lock of hair

a matted lock of wool

a children's game in which one player, called “it,” chases the others with the object of touching, or tagging, one of them and making that one “it” in turn

a tiny amount of radioactive isotope incorporated into a compound so that it can be readily traced through a chemical reaction, physiological cycle, etc.

Obs. the rabble

Baseball the act of tagging

Origin of tag

Middle English tagge, probably from Scand, as in Swedish tagg, a point, spike, Norw, a point; akin to German zacke, a point, jag: see tack

transitive verb

tagged, tag′ging

to provide with a tag; fasten a tag to; label

to apply a descriptive name to; call by an epithet

to choose or select

to overtake and touch in or as in the game of tag

to print (a postage stamp) with luminescent ink so that ultraviolet light can locate the stamp for cancellation and sorting: chiefly in the past participle

Informal to strike or hit hard

Informal to follow close behind

Informal

to put a parking ticket on (a vehicle)

to charge with lawbreaking: he was tagged for speeding

Baseball to touch (a base runner) with the ball or to touch (a base) with the ball or while holding the ball, with the aim of putting the runner out

Informal to follow close behind a person or thing: usually with along, after, etc.

tag Idioms

tag up

Baseball to return to the base and touch it before taking another lead or running: said of a base runner

tag

noun

A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label: sale tags on all coats and dresses.

The plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace.

The contrastingly colored tip of an animal's tail.

a. A dirty, matted lock of wool.

b. A loose lock of hair.

A rag; a tatter.

A small, loose fragment: I heard only tags and snippets of what was being said.

An ornamental flourish, especially at the end of a signature.

A designation or epithet, especially an unwelcome one: He did not take kindly to the tag of pauper.

a. A brief quotation used in a discourse to give it an air of erudition or authority: Shakespearean tags.

b. A cliché, saw, or similar short, conventional idea used to embellish a discourse: These tags of wit and wisdom bore me.

c. The refrain or last lines of a song or poem.

d. The closing lines of a speech in a play; a cue.

Computers

a. A label assigned to identify data in memory.

b. A sequence of characters in a markup language used to provide information, such as formatting specifications, about a document.

c. A metatag.

Slang A piece of graffiti featuring text, especially the author's name, rather than a picture: “Instead of a cursive linear tag, Super Kool painted his name along the exterior of a subway car in huge block pink and yellow letters” ( Eric Scigliano )

verb

tagged, tag·ging, tags

verb

transitive

To label, identify, or recognize with a tag or other identifier: I tagged him as a loser.

To put a ticket on (a motor vehicle) for a traffic or parking violation.

To add as an appendage to: tagged an extra paragraph on the letter.

To follow closely: Excited children tagged the circus parade to the end of its route.

To cut the tags from (sheep).

To add a taggant to: explosives that were tagged with coded microscopic bits of plastic.

Slang To mark or vandalize (a surface) with a graffiti tag: tagged the subway walls.

tag - Computer Definition

(4) A set of bits or characters that identifies various conditions about data in a file and is often found in the header records of such files. This type of tag identifies the entire file, and the tags occupy predefined locations in the header rather than embedded throughout the file.

(5) A name (label, mnemonic) assigned to a data structure, such as a field or record. See XML document.